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gluGetString()
NAME
  gluGetString - return a string describing the GLU version or GLU extensions

SYNOPSIS
  const GLubyte * gluGetString(
	  GLenum name );

PARAMETERS
  name
      Specifies a symbolic constant, one of GLU_VERSION, or GLU_EXTENSIONS.

DESCRIPTION
  gluGetString() returns a pointer to a static string describing the GLU
  version or the GLU extensions that are supported.

  The version number is one of the following forms:

       major_number.minor_number
       major_number.minor_number.release_number

  The version string is of the following form:

  version number<space>vendor-specific information

  Vendor-specific information is optional. Its format and contents depend on
  the implementation.

  The standard GLU contains a basic set of features and capabilities.  If a
  company or group of companies wish to support other features, these may be
  included as extensions to the GLU. If name is GLU_EXTENSIONS, then
  gluGetString() returns a space-separated list of names of supported GLU
  extensions. (Extension names never contain spaces.)

  All strings are null-terminated.

NOTES
  gluGetString() only returns information about GLU extensions. Call
  glGetString() to get a list of GL extensions.

  gluGetString() is an initialization routine. Calling it after a glNewList()
  results in undefined behavior.

ERRORS
  NULL is returned if name is not GLU_VERSION or GLU_EXTENSIONS.

SEE ALSO
  glGetString(3)

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